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Emory Contributes to Digital Civil War Portal from ASERL

Emory Libraries has contributed 430 digital items/objects to the ASERL Civil War digital project.  The "Civil War & the American South:  Primary source materials from the Southeast’s leading research libraries.”  Emory's contributions to the site can be found under "MARBL" under "contributing institutions."  You can limit your search to collections at select institutions, including our own.  Thanks to MARBL (especially David Faulds) and the Digitization and Digital Curation Team for selecting and d

Library access to the NYT

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On March 28, the New York Times began charging for access to its web edition. Most people, except those with subscriptions, are capped at viewing twenty articles each month before charges are levied. 

Unfortunately, the New York Times Digital Subscription Plan does not offer institutional subscriptions, which means that the Library will be unable to subscribe on behalf of the campus.  We will look into acquiring an Emory site/campus license once such a license becomes available from the NYT.

WhichCamp? THATCamp!

By Brian Croxall, Chris Pollette, and Miriam Posner

Digitization Updates!

Digitization news and updates have been updated on the digitization libguide.  Check the guide frequently for news about new collections, enhancements to existing collections, grants, etc.

http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/digitization

--Chris Palazzolo

UNDERGRADUATES! Piece(s) of pizza for piece(s) of your mind

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UNDERGRADUATES!!            

Get free pizza, drinks and a Starbucks gift card if you tell us what you think about the Woodruff Library's spaces and services.


Please participate in one of our focus groups:

Win $500 with the Undergraduate Research Awards

The Robert W. Woodruff Library would like to announce the 2011 Undergraduate Research Awards!

2/8 Exhibition Opening, Portrait and Text, featuring MARBL's African American primary sources

The exhibition, Portrait & Text:  African American Artists of Dance, Music, & the Written Word, will have an opening reception on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library.  Please share this with interested colleagues, and join us if you are able.







 

 Featuring portraits by Harlem arts patron and photographer Carl Van Vechten and MARBL's exceptional collection of African American primary sources, this exhibition offers a unique perspective on many renowned African American writers, actors, singers, and dancers. Paired with Van Vechten's portraits are original documents from MARBL's collections that reveal the artists' work or life and demonstrate the social, political, and professional networks that existed among these creative individuals. Included are Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Harry Belafonte, Richard Wright, Marian Anderson, Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Countee Cullen, Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson, and many others.

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